10 Meals in an Hour™: Part 9
Here at Living Well Spending Less we are 100% committed to bringing you easy recipes that taste great and don’t take a lot of time, effort, or expensive ingredients to throw together. As a busy mom, I also want meals that can be made and frozen ahead of time to save time on hectic weeknights, especially as part of a Sunday Prep plan. My goal is to spend less time in the kitchen, not more, but I still want to be able to provide tasty meals that my family loves (and avoid eating out when we can!)
Over the past year and a half we have shared seven different 10 Meals in an Hour™ plans, which have each included 5 great freezer recipes that can be prepared together in about sixty minutes. (You can find the previous plans here: Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8. They have been a huge hit, not only with our own families, but with many of your families as well, and we’ve absolutely loved hearing how much you all are enjoying these tasty recipes!
Today I am s0 excited to share with you another NEW series of awesome freezer to crockpot recipes.
As usual, in order to make the cut, each recipe must meet ALL of the following criteria:
Deemed delicious by both my kids and husband
No pre-cooking required (aside from browning sausage)
Freezer friendly
Easy to cook
Uses budget-friendly ingredients and pantry staples
In this one post you will find everything you need to prep 10 awesome freezer meals in about an hour of hands-on time (not including grocery shopping.) Just think, in just one quick weekend session you could have almost two weeks worth of absolutely delicious, family-friendly meals all ready to go!
Before you begin, you will need to gather your tools & supplies and also make sure that you have all your groceries on hand. I find it is easiest to go grocery shopping the day before I do my cooking. To save time unloading, only put away the items that need to be refrigerated. Finally, make sure your kitchen counters are cleared of clutter and sanitized and empty your dishwasher and sink of any dishes. (Check out this post for more tips on freezer cooking like a pro!)
Here are the five recipes we will be making:
Slow Cooker Sausage & Peppers
Simple Corn & Clam Chowder
Honey Sriracha Chicken
Slow Cooker Stroganoff
Easy Garlic Chicken
Here are the supplies you will need:
10 gallon size zipper freezer bags
labels or permanent marker
large mixing bowl
cutting board
sharp knife
garlic press
can opener
dry measuring cups
liquid measuring cups
dry measuring spoons
liquid measuring spoons
colander
Here are the ingredients you will need:
Produce
1 small yellow onion
3 sweet onions
1 8oz. package baby Portobello mushrooms
4-5 green bell peppers
2 8oz. bags baby carrots (optional: for cooking day only)
6-8 red potatoes (optional: for cooking day only)
1 jar minced garlic
20-30 cloves garlic
1 bunch celery
fresh thyme
fresh parsley
1 bunch of green onions
Frozen
2 15oz. bags frozen white corn
Pantry Staples
Dried Parsley
Olive Oil
Soy Sauce
Honey
Sriracha sauce
Red Pepper Flakes
Black pepper
Salt
Canned/Dry Goods
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream-style corn
2 bags egg noodles (optional:one per cooking day only)
1 box rice (optional: for cooking day only)
29 oz can tomato sauce
28 oz can crushed tomatoes
2 32oz. carton chicken stock
3 32oz. carton vegetable stock
White wine
Red wine
Oregano Vitality Essential oil (optional)
4 6.5oz. chopped clams, drained(cooking day only)
Dairy
2 16oz. container sour cream
Butter
1 cup whipping cream (cooking day only)
Meat
6-8 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts
2 pounds ground beef or vegetarian crumbles
2-3 20 oz. packages mild Italian sausage
4-6 slices of cooked bacon (cooking day only-optional)
Bread
Italian bread (cooking day only)
Be sure to print the following pages before getting started:
Printable labels (designed to work with Avery 8163 shipping labels)
Printable Shopping List
Printable Prep & Prepare Instructions
Be sure to also print the following recipes:
Honey Sriracha Chicken
Slow Cooker Stroganoff
Easy Garlic Chicken
Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers
Simple Corn & Clam Chowder
PREP
Prep your bags—either print labels using these ready-made printable labels or use a permanent marker to label each bag with the name of the recipe, date prepared, and cooking instructions. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP! While you might think that you’ll remember what is in every bag, I promise you will forget!
Brown sausage and set aside
Chop onions and set aside
Chop green peppers and set aside.
Sauté peppers and onions for sausage and peppers recipe, set aside.
Peel and mince garlic and set aside
Open up all the cans needed for prep day and set aside.
Prep raw chicken
PREPARE
Prep Simple Corn & Clam Chowder using instructions found here . Divide soup into 2 freezer bags, press out excess air, and seal well. Place bags in refrigerator.
Prep Slow Cooker Sausage & Peppers using instructions found here . Divide sausage into 2 freezer bags and cover with sauce mixture, press out excess air, and seal well. Place bags in refrigerator.
Prep Easy Garlic Chicken using instructions found here . Divide chicken into 2 1-gallon freezer bags, then divide garlic cloves and thyme into bags over top of chicken. Then divide broth mixture over top of chicken. Place bags in refrigerator.
Prep Slow Cooker Stroganoff using instructions found here . Divide mixture into 2 freezer bags, then press out excess air and seal well. Place bags in refrigerator.
Prep Honey Sriracha Chicken using instructions found here . Place chicken into 2 freezer bags and cover with mixture, then press out excess air and seal well. Place bags in refrigerator.
Once all prep is complete, place all bags in freezer until needed. After you’ve made your meal plan for the coming week, consider setting an alert on your phone to remind you to take your bag out to thaw the day before you plan to make it.
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Have you tried making 10 meals in an hour yet? What tricks or tips can you share?
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